This looks like a great movie, Food, Inc. It makes me think that now would be a good time to start a garden ... Here is the Movie's Director, Robert Kenner, on the Daily Show.

In a related matter, the Obama Administration announced new rules for food safety. National Public Radio reports,

The Obama administration has announced plans for aggressive rules
aimed at making the nation's food supply safer. The moves come in the
wake of a series of serious food outbreaks and concern within the food
industry that people fear their food. Reaction so far has been
positive, both from industry and consumer groups.

Recalls Scare Consumers

At
the announcement of the new initiatives Tuesday, Vice President Biden
set out to make one thing clear: Food safety is important to this
administration. "You know, my dad used to say if everything is
equally important, then nothing is important. There have to be
priorities, and this is one of those priorities," he said. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius told food producers and food-safety advocates that enough is enough. "We've
seen too many large-scale recalls, everything from spinach to peanut
products, pistachios, peppers, mushrooms, alfalfa sprouts and recently
even cookie dough." Five thousand Americans die from contaminated food each year, she said, and tens of millions get sick.

The
administration is directing its agencies to design tougher production
standards for marketers of poultry, beef, leafy greens, melons and
tomatoes. The Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture will be designing a national food registry so contaminated
food can be traced back to its source, and so consumers can be alerted
immediately once a problem is discovered.

Stopping Salmonella

Meanwhile,
the FDA announced a special initiative on eggs. Egg producers will have
to buy chicks and young hens only from buyers who monitor for the
salmonella bacteria. They'll have to have specific safety plans,
eliminate rodents and pests, guard against bioterrorism, test regularly
for salmonella, and refrigerate eggs during storage and transportation. . . .